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Coal > Production	2,832,000 ton		[24th of 65]
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Coal consumption	71,700,000		[12th of 41]
DEFINITION: Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.
SOURCE: Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Coal Proved Reserves > Total	1,354		[18th of 32]
DEFINITION: Coal Proved Reserves - Total, million tonnes, as of end of 2004
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Electric generation ability	50,000,000 killowatts		[5th of 32]
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Electric power consumption > kWh	355,370,000,000 kWh		[11th of 132]
DEFINITION: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.		View time series
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	62.4%		[127th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	0.8%		[136th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	36.6%		[11th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gasoline prices	1.51		[17th of 141]
DEFINITION: Ratio of premium gasoline price to world average Units: Ratio of Gasoline Price to World Average Units: Pump price for super gasoline (US$ per liter): Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Hydroelectricity consumption	4.84		[57th of 213]
DEFINITION: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
SOURCE: German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org
Nuclear energy consumption	119.1 terawatt-hours		[6th of 28]
DEFINITION: Number of terrawatt-hours of nuclear energy consumed per country per year. Figures are provided for the year 2002.
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Nuclear waste generated	-0.3		[16th of 45]
DEFINITION: Nuclear waste generated Units: Standardized Scale (z-score) Units: Two variables were initially available for Radioactive Waste: Accumulated Quantity (cubic meters) as generated and Accumulated Quantity (cubic meters) after treatment. We calculated the z-scores for the two variables, in order to make them comparable, and took whichever variable was available for each country. For the three countries (Australia, Canada and Czech Republic) which had both variables, we took the higher.
SOURCE: BP
Oil Consumption > Million tonnes	104.8		[7th of 63]
DEFINITION: Oil: Consumption, Million tonnes, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05		View time series
SOURCE: International Atomic Energy Agency, Waste Management Database, 1997 via ciesin.org
Oil Consumption > Thousand barrels daily	2,280		[7th of 63]
DEFINITION: Oil: Consumption, Thousand barrels daily, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Oil refining ability	2,600,000 barrels per day		[4th of 51]
DEFINITION: Crude oil refining capacity
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Primary Energy Consumption > Million tonnes oil equivalent	217.2		[10th of 63]
DEFINITION: Primary Energy: Consumption, Million tonnes oil equivalent, as of end of 2004 Notes: Others have less than 0.05
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Traditional fuel consumption	2.4%		[93rd of 130]
DEFINITION: Traditional fuel consumption as a % of total energy use.
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Wall plugs > Plug type "Europe, USA"
DEFINITION: PowerStream
SOURCE: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Wall plugs > Voltage	220 V		[155th of 209]
DEFINITION: PowerStream
Wind energy installation	68.4 MW		[26th of 53]
DEFINITION: Worldwide wind energy installation figures per country as at 31 December 2004

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